Bill Clinton predicts that the US is more likely to elect a woman if she is ‘a conservative Republican woman’

Former President Bill Clinton said during a recent interview that the country may not be ready for a female president after Vice President Kamala Harris’ loss to President-elect Donald Trump, and suggested that a Republican woman might have an easier time getting elected.

“Maybe,” Clinton responded to CBS’s Tracy Smith’s question about whether the United States is not ready for a female president. “I think in some ways we’ve moved to the right as a reaction to all the turmoil. And I think if Hillary had been nominated in 2008, she would have gone in, just like Obama did.”

Clinton spoke to Smith about his new book, “The Citizen,” and was asked if the country had changed after Harris’ loss. The book also reportedly describes his frustration while being questioned about his infamous affair with Monica Lewinsky.

“Well, I think all these cultural battles that we’re fighting make it harder in some ways for a woman to run,” he said.

Bill Clinton speaks to CBS “Sunday Morning” about VP Kamala Harris’ loss and more. (Screenshot/CBS)

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“So you think it has more to do with partying than sex?” Smith followed up.

“No,” Clinton replied. “Although I think it would probably be easier for a conservative Republican woman to win.”

The former Democratic president said it was because that’s what Margaret Thatcher did, adding: “I still think we’ll have a woman president soon.”

Smith also asked Clinton why his book includes part of his affair with Lewinsky.

Former President Bill Clinton speaks in support of the Harris-Walz presidential campaign during the Fort Valley GOTV Community Fish Fry at the Agricultural Technology Conference Center on October 13, 2024 in Fort Valley, Georgia. (Julia Beverly/Getty Images)

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“Because I thought I had to say something about it and I wanted to be as helpful as I could to let her turn the page. I think she needs to have a chance to build a life that acts about her and the future and not, you know, being whipped into an old story,” Clinton said.

“I live with it all the time,” Clinton wrote in “Citizens” of the Lewinsky scandal, according to a report. He also complimented her work on bullying.

“I wish her nothing but the best,” he wrote.

Clinton campaigned for Harris in the final stretch, appearing alongside President Biden while he was still in the race and campaigning. The former president also said it would be a “travesty” if Trump became president again.

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